Racine : From Ancient Myth to Tragic Modernity /

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A study of all of the major tragedies of Jean Racine, France's preeminent dramatist--and, according to many, its greatest and most representative author--Mitchell Greenberg's work offers an exploration of Racinian tragedy to explain the enigma of the plays' continued fascination. Gree...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Greenberg, Mitchell, 1946-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Racine, Jean, > 1639-1699
Racine, Jean, > 1639-1699 > Criticism and interpretation.
French drama (Tragedy)
LITERARY CRITICISM > Drama.
DRAMA > Continental European.
Tragedie française > Histoire et critique.
French drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: spectacle, myth, sacrifice : Racinian tragedy and the origins of modernity
  • La Thebaïde : politics and monstrous origins
  • Andromaque : myth and melancholy
  • Britannicus : power, perversion, and paranoia
  • Berenice, Bajazet, Mithridate : oriental Oedipus
  • Iphigenie : sacrifice and sovereignty
  • Phedre (et Hippolyte) : taboo, transgression, and the birth of democracy?
  • Esther, Athalie : religion, and revolution in Racine's heavenly city.

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